Dr.-Ing.
Florian Henke
Dipl.-Ing.
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Dr.-Ing.
Florian Henke
Dipl.-Ing.
Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
Representative before the UPC
Florian Henke specializes in patent, utility model and design law, in particular advising medium-sized and large companies on the strategic placement of intellectual property rights, including the drafting of patent and design applications and their representation up to grant.
He has extensive experience in complex opposition and nullity proceedings, often with parallel infringement proceedings. In addition, Florian Henke provides expert opinions on the validity, infringement and circumvention of patents.
Florian Henke speaks German and English.
Industries
Technical focus
- Mechanical engineering
- Fluid mechanics
- Control engineering
- Medical technology
- Renewable energies
- Computer simulation
CV
Studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Barcelona (diploma 2007); Research as a member of the Emmy Noether group “Multi-scale methods for turbulent premixed combustion” at the Chair of Computational Mechanics at the Technical University of Munich (doctorate 2012).
Legal training at Meissner Bolte in Munich, at the German Patent and Trademark Office, the Federal Patent Court and the District Court of Mannheim.
Memberships
- Patent Attorneys Association (PAK)
- Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi)
- German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
Publications & Presentations
Anmerkung zu UPC_CoA_382/2024 (Abbott Diabetes Care/Sibio Technology et al.)
GRUR Patent, Ausgabe 06/2025
Court of Appeal confirms principles for claim interpretation. Beitrag zur UPC-Entscheidung UPC_CoA_1/2024.
GRUR Patent, Ausgabe 08/2024
Anm. zu Unitary Patent Court: LD Munich opens door for file wrapper estoppel at the UPC
GRUR Patent, Ausgabe 02/2024
Recent Case Law in German Patent Law 2023
published by Eisenführ Speiser